Combination resilient clip and article-holder.



C. W. MEGUIAR.

COMBINATION HESILIENT CLIP AND ARTICLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR-23. I914.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPXI CO WASIIINGTON D c.

CHARLES W. MEGUIAR, OF SONORA, KENTUCKY.

COMBINATION RESILIENT CLIP A N D ARTICLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Sept. 21, 1-915.

Application filed April 23, 1914. Serial No. 833,944.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES W. MEGUIAR,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Sonora, in the county of Hardin and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination Resilient Clips and Article Holders, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to an improved combination resilient clip and article holder, proposing a device in which the functions of a clip and an article holder may be simultaneously or interchangeably performed and which is capable of various useful applications.

The object of the invention is to provide a device, as stated, which may be economically constructed, shall effectively serve its functions, and when used as an article of personal wear, shall be neat and inconspicuous.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 illustrates the device used as a necktie clip; Fig. 2 illustrates the device used as a combined necktie clip and pencil holder; Figs. 3 to 6 are perspective views illustrating various forms of the device; Fig. 7 is a sectional view illustrating the use of the device as a pencil holder. I

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Thedevice is primarily a clip having two members 1 and 2, the member 1 being a base member and the member 2 a spring engagmg member. The member 2 overlies the member 1 and is integrally connected thereto as by a bow or bend 3.

As disclosed, the device is constructed of resilient wire which in the case of the member 1 is fashioned to provide a relatively long or extensive engaging or bearing skeleton and in the case of the member 2 is fashioned to provide a loop which in side elevation curves first toward and then away from the member 1.

The loop forming the niember 2 tapers toward the bend 3 and throughout the extent of the bend the adjoining lengths of the wire are held in contactwith one another, preferably being soldered together in parallel relation as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 6 in which the d vice is made in endless form. Instead of uniting the adjoining lengths of wire throughout the bend 3 in parallel rela @011 ey may be twisted about one another as shown in Fig. 5 wherein the device is made from a length of wire having dis jointed terminals formed into eyes as 1.

The loop forming the member 2 has its contour and diameter selected to surround a pencil or similar device, and it has its curvature toward and away from the member 1 selected to provide for its facile co-action, in the manner of a clip, with the member 1 and for the facile introduction of the material which is to be engaged by the clip, 7

between said members. The bend 3 has an approximately circular curvature, whether said bend be formed as a simple bow, as in the construction shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, or as a closed eve or coil, as in the construction shown in Fig. 6.'

The use of the device as a clip is thought to be obvious. The member 2 has a normally close association with the member 1 and tends to spring toward the member 1,

whereby it frictionally engages any material of the requisite thickness which is introduced between the same and the member 1.

Theuse of the device as an article holder more particularly as a pencil holder, is best shown in Fig. 7. The degree of curvature (in side elevation) of the loop forming the member 2 and the position of said loop relative to the bend 3 and to the member 1 is such that the pencil or other straightobject inserted through the loop has a normal downward convergence toward the member 1. The loop 2, as above stated, tends to springtoward the member 1, and by virtue of this tendency and the relation of said loop whereby the pencil or other object is held to converge downwardly toward the member 1, the said pencil or other object is engaged with relatively strong frictional pressure at three points, viz: at the forward side of the bend 3,being the point at which the formation of the loop 2 commences, at the forward side of the loop, being the middle point of the loop, and at the outer end of the member 1. The strength of the frictional engagement of the pencil or other object at the three points noted of course varies with the thickness of the material which is engaged between the members 1 and 2, the thicker the material, the greater the degree of frictionalengagement of the pencil, as is obvious. The relation between the members 1 and 2 is such, however, that textile material of ordinary thickness for use in the manufacture of vests orucoats will spring the members 1 and 2 relatively away from one another, sufliciently to provide for the proper frictional retention of the pencil in the loop 2. 1 5

The device may be used to simultaneously perform the functions ofra clip and an article holder: Thus, Fig.2'illu'strates the device used as, a combined necktie clip and pencil holder. In this case, the member 1 is engaged under the overlapping portion of the shirt bosoin the loop 2 is engaged over the lengths of the=tie, and a -pencil is in= serted through said loop, the said pencil being heldrinthe manner above described and in the same way aswvhen the device ,is fitted upon' aipocket'. v i I In connection'with-the' use of the device as a necktie clip, it is convenient to provide for another function which is concerned with the arrangement of the necktie. Inf tying the so-called fonr-in-hand ties relatively Ito the ordinary turned-down collars, -it'- is frequently the c'ase that-the tie =will -not slip properly between the folds of the collar,and that the ends of thecol-larare disengaged or stripped from the collar button byreason of the pull upon the lengthsof the tie.- The collateral function of the device is toprevent the ends of the collar: from being pulled or stripped fromthe button --du-ring= the.- for mation' of the tie, and for-this purpose, the member 1 is formed at its outer end Withone ormore openloops g4 which are fitted :over the shankoftheoollar, button. a The device is held frictionally in} this relation While the tie is" being formed a and prevents-the ends of the collarrfro'm being stripped from the button, its action in this regard being manifestr After the tier-has beenformed, the de';

vice may be removed from its engagement with the collar button and thereupon used as a clip, either to hold tliknot portion of the tie in close relation to the collar and shirt boso1n, as shown in Fig. 1, or to hold'the end portions-of the tie .in close relation to the shirt bosom, as-shown in Fig. 2. I

The device is inexpensive, intrinsically strong, zandeflicientin use, and inconspicu' ous. 5 r Having described my invention, I claim A. clip of the typeset forth composed of twomeinbers, one of which is flat, and serves as a-base,andthe other of, which is, formed as a loop and servesas a, holder f0r pencil orthe like, the .base memberbeing longer thanthe loop member, andan arcuate relativ'elynarrow v.bendconnecting the members at .one end of the clip, the other ends of the members being ,free,,the loop ne'mber havingregular curvature between itsfree end and the end adjoining said bend whereby it is of.convexo-concave,form in relationtc said base, the loop member extending for a distance from :said bend, in substantially parallel relation to said base and throughout the remainder of its length in diyerging relation to said base whereby the pencll or sim-ilarobject fitted within the loop of the loop member is subject, to frictional pres sure at the forward side of the bend, at the middle point of, the loop and at the outer end of-ithe base member. f

,In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. MEGU'IAR.

Witnesses e R. L. MASON,

R. E. GENTROS.

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